What’s A Little Proposition 8 Between Husband and Wife?
For all of the common thoughts and perspectives that my wife and I share, gay marriage is not one of them.
Despite the fact that we are both of the same religion and believe in the same tenets of faith, I am for it and she is against it.
I don’t say that to say she is a bad person, because our faith tells us both that marriage is between a man and a woman. The only difference between us is that I don’t want to tell people how to run their love or their lives, particularly through a vote. Just as I had the choice to marry the woman of my dreams, sexuality should not hinder someone from having that same glorious opportunity.
The good part about our disagreement on this issue is that we understand each other in the spiritual sense of the discussion. She leans more towards God’s stance on homosexuality, and I lean more towards God’s stance on not judging people. One of the major differences between the Lord and mankind is that the Lord is right all of the time and let’s you bear the responsibility of your decisions.
We are hardly ever right, and want to make decisions for everyone else.
I am ashamed that so many people in California were able to move beyond a silly divider like race, but not the silly divider of sexuality. What are these folks afraid of? An improper example for children? The stoppage of procreation? If either of these things were even remotely close to happening, there’s nothing any of us could do about it.
So why not just be happy that other people in the world are happy? Even if you don’t agree with them, even if you think their soul is in peril, it’s not up to us. That’s up to the Creator. What is up to us to embrace everyone and assist each other in achieving their happiness.
I really feel bad for the folks in California who want to get married and can’t. One of my greatest wishes in life is that everyone could experience a day where the world can witness the justification of love in action, and the most honorable pledge anyone can make to a man or woman; a pledge of fidelity.
On the homefront, gay marriage is not one of those issues that forces my wife and I to stop talking to each other, but it does draw us into a closer understanding of each other. I love her because she is strong in her faith and intellectual in living it. She loves me for the same. And although we disagree, love is the common denominator.
Love is the common denominator.
